The Sun. — London, England, 1808-11-21 00:00:00

r --~,. Dn., HOND'AY, NOV. V. T , - Th:s;morning the doors were opened,. as, usual, a bo eleven o'clock. The Court having taken their seat- Sir • • FIEw DALRYMPLE addressed the President, •observing, that on a forMer' day,. he had mentioned a difference between the. original of the Dispatch w hich he-"transmitted to Lord CA4TLEREAGH, and th e copy Which was published in the Gazette , he had • now discovered that the error was in the Dis- Patch, as prepared by his - Military Secretary, and therefore begged leave to• Withdraw that part of his former statement which alluded to this difference. The Judge'Advocate stared, that he had applied to the Office of the Secretary of State for the War Department, for the original Dispatch sent by Sir 1-1 ' DALRYMPLE, and that it had been found that the . Dispatch in the Gazette was correaly copied. from the original. Sir FIEw DALRYMPLE assented to this statement, arid then delivered to the President some official re turns. Judge Advocate stated, that the Court had —eele d him to call upon all persons who had infor .lllatiort to give respelling the objeCts under the eon- I'leration of the Court, to deliver in their names and *l dress, in order that they might be examined in due time. Ile then stated that the Court. had direCted that all t he witnesses present, who had been summoned tc) : tte nd should withdraw. I : 1 ' Q . Pursuance of this order, Brigadier-General c Eit ueotsr, Colonel TORREN S , Major TU C KE R , and Vt. ATALcoLm, of the Navy, withdrew from the Court. Th e JUDGE-ADVOCATE then proceeded to read '4e statement delivered by Sir ARTHUR' WELLES- Which Sir ,ARTHUR himself read on Sat9rday,- - a ud Which is given in THE SUN of this day. Sir ARTHUR WELLESLEY then addressed himself to the President, and stated,. that if any illustration °I his statement was required. by the Court, he -was readY either to give evidence or to call evidence, - ' After some private deliberation amongst the Mem beor s of the C ourt , t h e J UDGE A D V OCATE procee d e d , some questions which had been sent by the res.klent to Sir A. WELLESLEY, with the answer of the . Litter-, in writing. T ho first question inquired, when Sir ARTHUR ntst received his orders and instrations ? To this It N 'as answered, that he received orders from the Duke c lYoax, on the 15th of 'June, to take the command a force to be assembled at Cork ; and 'that he re 'eiveki his instruaions from Lord CASTLEREAGH, at On the 30th or 4() the second question, as to the time of sailing, it was answered, that he arrived at Cork front Dub lin O tt the 6 t h o f J u ly, to ta k e t h e comman d , an d sailed from thence on the t ''!.tll of July, having under hi s c ommand 12,300 men. tt7} T ° the third question, as to the orders under before he sailed, the answer was, that they were 5 : . 7 e the Court : he had not the original in : his pos t:::°n* The principal obje&, however, was to at tack t he French M the Tagus ; but with discretiOn to attend to such other obje&s as he might deem ex- Dedient. To the fourth and fifth questions, respeeting his Progress, the answers were, that it was already'de tailed in his dispatches. • To the.sixth question, as to the knowledge which he had - on his. arrival - at 11 , Iondego Bay, of any re- in fOrcements:Oii their way to join them , the answer that on his'airival there on the 30th of July, 'ceived letteFs, ,stating, the sailing o f Brigadier , t i f e - t _ 44 l F.ENdER, with 5000 men, to join him, and m a- Bf 4itifty htIRR,ARD had orders to sail with ane.n to join him, and he . therefore received %d e t ' to. give notice, by ships- , of war,. where he fictind. -410 -- 4 kther_questions- the-answers were,—that-thei f a , • with which he marched consisted of 12,300, - '' .l ); th a t t h ere was'a,.Portuguese Corps of 6000 ; : FRICRE, a Corps. of 1500 Spa-: " 11 ish infa ntry; and about the same nurnber of Por 1-1 °Cueze Troops. employed:in defence of-•Oporto. -it was also stated in thee ,answers, that the Ex qion from Cork was originally destined for the 1 1l o p 'st of/Spain, to as as circumstances might re -9"i1*.,-*:l(Was for thiS reason that regular artillery I .° l.B es were not' provided, an d h orses were ta k en r° qi the Irish Commissariat, 298 in number, 282 which were, on their arriv6l, fit for service. 4 It w as also stated, that on the . l6rhof u&ust the, troor • 126 had 14 days supply of biscuit. rnelancholy accident happened in Ports mo nth , z iat i j b tpur on Saturday afternoon: As the boat of the. . 1- Icunilto4 Transport, Capt. GARDNER-0' was; ,T,)'IIiULE on shore w i t h t h e Captain, Lieot. RICHARD /\;T.I agent o f a d i vision of transports, and Mr. lIED ITH, late clerk to Mr.. lawrs7, - - agent fur Transports, she upset, by which accident the two I,.atter Gentlemen a nda four men were drowned.- 9AttnNEtt, man, and a boy, after swimming il tl'r i ee mires,. Made South Beach, near the Castle.— '" eY , We re saved by the 'exertions-of the soldiers at 6uutosea Castle. SPA2VISH PAPERS. CORtYNA, Nov. 15.—General BAIRD and his Suite left this place yesterday Morning for the army. - The cavalry have not commenced their march. The Transports which brought them otit sailed yesterday for Falmouth. 'lt'is confidently stated, that General BLAKE has been, superseded by the Marquis DE LA ROMANA. CoRONNA, NQV..l2.—The day before yesterday the Prince of WALES'S Regiment of- Dragoons dis embarked in this port. It is impossible to conceive a finer corps of men and horses than this regiment. (Corunna Diary, Nov. 12.) • _ . SEVILLE, O. 2l.—T he Foreign troops of the French army, 'who were made prisonerS in the bat tle of Baylen, 350 in number, had all enlisted in one of the Walloon regiments of Spain.—(Oviedo Ga- A 7 zette, l 2VOV. 5.) SALAMANCA, OCT. 29.—The Corregidor of this city has given public_ notice to the inhabitants that a corps of; 10,000 English troops is to pass through this town, and. inviting them to give these gallant troops , that cordial reception which all good and loyal Spaniards constantly receive in England, and which in every point of view.if due io our noble and generous Allies.—(The same Paper.) OVIEDO, Nov. 3.—Letters from Villaroayo, of the 28th of last month, state, that on, the 25111 the army of the left, composed of the troops of Galicia and Asturia, fought a very sanguinary battle, in which the enemy was defeated with very cons:der ' able loss in killed, woimded, and prisoners; the lat ter are said to amount to 800. The further parti culars of that important event are nut yet known.— (The same Paper.) MALAGA, OCT. 12.—His ExCellency L;eutenant General REDING, our much respected Governor, left this town on the sth, considerably regretted. That gallant warrior, the Conqueror of. Baylen, is to take the command in Chief of the army Of this kin , Y- . dom. Before his departute,he was presented by the grateful inhabitants with a beniniful sword, on the,. hilt of which is the following inscription :—" The grateful people of Malaga to their•Governor,-Gene ral REDING, the deliverer of their native country, „and the conqueror of the French in Baylen.".—(4la dricl Gaetta, you. 4.) BADAJOZ, OCT. 28.—The capital of Estremadura had yesterday the honour to receive the conquerors of JVNOT. At two o'clock in the afternoon arrived . here the 7 Ist regiment of English troops, command ed by General HOPE ; the people received their be nefattors with expressions of theutMost gratitude' and joy.—(The same Paper.) VILLLAFRANCA;OCT. 24.—0 n the 21st the regi 'nient of Savoy, from Valencia, arrived at the head quarters here, and the day before yesterday the sion of the Marquis LAZAN entered Lerida. • - The situation of-the inhabitants of Barcelona, en slaved and oppressed by the tyrannical yoke of the enemy, becomes every day more distressing. The contributions are no longer sufficient to satisfy the avarice \of their plunderers, who have recourse to domiciliary visits, and pra&tice their robbery under the colour of policy ; of this nature • is the follow ing decree. The:General of Division, LECH', Superior Corn mander, decrees as follows : Att.r. I:. No person, of whatever rank, shall keep in his -house, or any other place, a greater quantity of rice and oil than shall be sufficient tor the consumption of his family alone for two months, without giving intOrmation of it within three days to the Commissary General of the Police. 11. Such quantities of rice and oil as may be found, not having been notified to the Commissary General of the. Police within the said time, shall be seiz e d and taken from the concealers. 111. Whoever shall discover and give information to the Commissary Geueral of the Police, after the said term, of any quantities of rice and oil, shall re ceive one-fifth Of the quantities so discovered as a reward, and his name shall not be made known. Iv. The Commissary General of Police shall fix the price at which the said commodities shall be sold during the said two months. . V. Every pt•rson who shall be discovered to have: sold rice and oil at &higher price than that at which • they shall be fixed during the said two months, shall: suffer a fine of 25,000 sueldos. (Signed) Approved by the, General .Commander in Chief, .Barcelona, 051,..`15,1808. - • DUHSSME. WALSH AND NI P ETT7S BANKRUPTCY.—Saturday !,1 the second.meeting of the creditors under the aboxe commission took place,- when Mr. REYNOLDS, as the inforffieti th'e Court, that the • Cornthis sioners- had ed the Case ofthe clainiant s .with regard to the Lottery, .and as AVAcsti.and Nisßer - r!I • did contra with Government, and had the 50;000 .; ticket' "in their - possession, inia \ that the original sub esaitlerswereto participate in.protitandloss,in-propor tion to their respettive shari4 *On the - tbicy considered the . original subscriters in this re- spea as partners, and therefore could not admit them ~ to proVe their debts. As to those to whom Sub-; • scribers' shareS were transferred; they could not in the present. stage of the •business; allow them to s. prove. As to stock claims, it appeared.to the .Cona tniSsioriers necessary that they shonld:44e;investigat&l: lion) hooks. The printer's claims, being conneeted, with the Lottery, muSt- also be defeired ; and . as a petition to the LORD CHANCELLOR ) , Gild the investi-; gation of those intricate accounts could not probably be' decided for some time, the meeting ;:vas adjourned to' Dec. the iath. Mr. PAGE, Messenger, was pro, fornia appointed the provisional Assignee. Mr. CliAnnisHs then stated that, in the interim, claims might be sent to Messrs. SaiiTH and :TiLsotq, the Solicitors to the Commission, that they might be enquired into, and those intricate accounts be inves tigated in another place. Some trifling claims were! . proved, and, the meeting bra ,e up. • Five recruits, belonging tb 'the 2d Battalion of the: "11 th Regitnent,, at Maidstone, some days since in veigled a servant girl of that town into a meadow,- called Barrow's -Field, where they all with the brutality, violated her person—fortunately her, cries brought several persons to the spot, and three of the ruffians were secured and . committed to Maid stone gaol. .;,, Friday morning, early,. the _premises of Grome Parker, Esq. on .Tower-Hill, were robbed of .501)1. by thieves . who gained assess by boring a lioW through the window. L.ltl" REPORT COURT OF CHANCERY, Nov. TS. RUNNING AWAY A WARD Sir SAMLIVI, Et)ALLLLY informed the Court, that Capt. Plyirdey, under contempt for, running away with a Miss Castles, a' Ward of this Court, and mar rying her at ;Gretna Green, was ready tO make. a proper settlement upon Mrs. Plyniley. fic also ob served; that with respect to the rank ,in ,life and si tuation of the parties, there Was no material dispa;- city. The par t i es h a d me t at a sister of the Captain's, at Teign Mouth. Mrs. Castles, the mother of the young lady, resided at Exeter. While on the visit the yoUng laxly was ininced to go on a matrimonial ex cursion to Gretna Green . . These tvere the short facts of the case. Capt. Plymley is a Naval Officer. The Loan CHANCELLOR ordered that Captain.. Plymley should be committed for the present to his Majesty's prison of the Fleet. COURT OF KING'S BENCH, Nov. 19. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL moved for leavq.4o-filp.', a criminal information agaipst Mr. Sampson,a Ma-, gistrate of the County of Devon, 'for having, .as.it was alleged, from improper motives, refused to grant a licence to a Terson of the name of Downing, to continue keeping a public-house at Colleton, which had been a public4ouse for upwards of sixty years— and against the contluet of its occupier there was no complaint whatever. The Court, after hearing the detail of the circutu siances; granted a rule ►o sne,A cause. MuItAT, it is known, during the period of his Go vernment in Spain, sent out instructions, conunis- Mons; &c. to all parts of the Spanish trausmarine possessions —some of these have been intercepted by our cruizerS, and some are known to have failed to produce the desired etre6l, but there are others, the results of which are unknown, and which are look ed for with some solicitude. Lieutenant-Governor LE MAR CHANT, of the Royal Military College, at High 'Wycombe; has set',ouc,on a special military commission to Portugal. The Danish Papers state; that, there are between 40 and 50 Swedish Officers, and upwards of 1100 privates, prisnners in Norway. The,frontier distriets have suffered exceedingly from the war. FIRE.—An alarming fire took place on Friday night last, of ria g en ha tn, in Essex, 'which, in little more than two haus,, consumed the, whole of the stabling, barns, and outhouses, with seven ricks of corn and hay, and what is an *ddition to the cala mity, seven•fine horses were burned to death. It raged so furiously, that it was been for twenty miles. round; each spectator thinking it close to him. It appears to have arisen from the carelessness of a horse keeper, who had l e ft a light e d candle i n an unguard ed situation in the stable. The' loss is very heavy, and we are told is notinsured. ' Yesterday morning early, the premises of Mr: iri Red Lion-yard, Red Lion-s!'reet, 'Clerke.n well-green, I.vern forcibly entered, and robbed of property to the amount of upwards Of ";061. The small-pox rages at present with uncommon violence at Wellington, lietley; Ste. In the neigh bourhood of the latter place, 21 children are said to 'have died in one week ot 'that diSeaSe. . . . Two negroes were lately executed at St. Vincent, for the murder of a runaway slave, whose body, after they had perpetrated the horrid deed, theY had buried ; and nearly 18 months had elapsed berbie it was discovered,Thesagacityof a dOg led tot he know ledge of the spot where the torpse was interred; and , the men, upon hearing the circumstance, were so' terrified that they voluntarily delivered themselves ' up to justice. . • . . . A parcel containing Bank notes, to the amount . of 'souol.' which was supposed to have been stolen from the Ipswich and Norwich, Mail, it has since been discovered was put into theiliath . Mail by mis- • take, and has been returnedl,safe. 'Qn Thursday evening, as Mr. Platt., of Kewsroad, Richmond, was travelling in a post-chaise, on his Way to Hackney, his trunk; containing several ar tides of considerable value, was cut froth the chaise, near Threadneedle -street, with which theyillaS made their escape. . • Six men were lately killed, and two dangerously wounded, by the explosion of kul air in Golclen hill•Colliery, Staffordshire. It aftbrds us great pleasure to observe that the au thor of the ff Military Mentor," a work of extraor dinary merit, his announced three Volume s of E,4- says i un theMOFlern,.Artot War.' .No. work could be More seasonable or patriotic at t time when the sal vation of bivil theiety depends on superiority of tac- tics and inilitarfla. ) , • , BUONAPARTL—THE EXILE— AND CA RTER The Corsican run off ; from Spain—the Exile on at:the Haymarket—nnd such is the run after the present. popular. Lottery, th, t t 'all those who hare Jun out, are running to. CAUTER's, No. 8, Charing Cross, , . where. Fortune's Wheel is sure to run round 'in their favour. CoiN-EXCHANGE, New. 21..L , -The expeaed sup.. plies of Wheat are at length arrived in abundance, and sales are very dull, at a reduaion in price ,of about ss: per quarter on fine, and more On inferior ; Barley ready sale at last' prices ; . Malt likewise ;. Pease and Beans of the two kinds fiu6tuate but little ; there are scarce any arrivals of Oats, and the few at band are dearer ; Flour. about ss: per sack-cheaper. Wheat 645 a 745 a 9 0$ od Tick Beans - 68 s a 745 od 'fine ditto (new) 9zs z. 94 5. od Oats - 38$ a 42 a 46a od RYe - • sis a 599 ekl Poland dittu 47s a 48s od. Barley - Os a szt: od Potatoe --s a 495 od Mali - E , 2S a 89,., Rape Seed . 451 a 481 —Ed White Pease x3os a 1405 od Fine Flour Sos a 855 od, Grey ditto . 56s a Ozs od Seconds 75s a Sos cd Beans • - • 765 a 22a od SMITHFIELD MARKET,'Nov. zr. This day's market was well supplied with prime beasts, and the she** of eattiv . in other respeas. was considerable; Mutton is cheaper than our last re port ;-- Pork and Veal are dearer; Beef supports last price, and the trade in general was tolerably" briS . k. The sales in the Haymarket were pretty lively; Hay and Clover have fallen in price since Friday's mar ket ; Straw sold at last price.—We Subjoin an accu-. rate statement of the prices and numbers • Iv sink the Offal per stone of 81b. Beef 4s. od. to 4s. Bd.—Moi ton 3s. ,vl.: to 4s. 6d. —Veal ss, od. to 7s. od.—Lamb os. od, to f;s.94.—Pork ss. 6d.; to, o'ir. • • Beistt, 2,6oo.—Sheep, 16,500. 220.—Pigs, 250. Hay Sl. os. cd. to 61. 6s. 'od.-.-Clover 61, ootod, ta 71. 7bs, od.—Straw ;1. 12s. od. t 0 d, 18 4. Qd• Rom tit, , LONDON GAZETTE, Niaf. At the Court at the. Queen's Rl lace, tho 16t ,of November, 1808, present the KING'S most .87i.• cellent Majesty 'in Council: His Majesty having been pleased to appoint Sir C. Brisbane, Km. Capain in . the Royal Navy, to be Captain General arid Governor in Chief of the Island of St. Vincent, Bequia, and such other of the Islands commonly cafled the Grenadines, as lie to the North ward of Cariacou, in America, he, this day took the usual Oaths appointed to be taken by the Gov et notsvof his Majesty's Plantations, Admirgity-Office, Aov. 19, 1808. Copy of a Letter from Admiral Young, Commander in Chief of His tvlajestfs Ships and Vessels at Plymouth, to the I lion. W. W. role, d ated on board the Salvador del Ml,lll - in Harnoaze, the rsth SIR, • I have hOnour to inclose, for their.Lordships' formation, the copy of a Letter from Capt. Seymour, of his Majesty's ship Amethyst, to Admiral Lord Gambier, giving an account - of his having cdpturrd Thetis French Frigate, rafter a long and severe action ; and I hive the pleasure to inform their Lordships, that L 3 Thetis arrived this morning, tow ed in by the Shannon.• • I also transmit a List of the Billed and Wounded on board theArnealy - st. I have the honour to be; &c. WM. YOUNG Argethyst,•Hameaze, Nov. ts, tBa. •MY OR I), I have the most sincere pleasure in acqAainting you that his Majesty's ship the Amethyst, - under My command, captured, she loth - inst. at night; thu French Frigate La Thetis, of 44 guns, and a crew of H 330 men, who bad served years together, and - 100 soldiers, from L'Orient for, Martinique. Being clog to the Nr. W. Point of Groa, she was seen a quar ter before seven P. M. and immediately chased ; and la close anion began before ten o'clock, which con 'tinned with little intermission till .20 minutes after midnight. HavingAalle.n on board for ashort time, after ten, and front quarter past eleven, when she intentionally laid us on board,. till she surrendered (about . an how); she lay fast alongside, the fluke of our best bower anchor hating entered her f u rem os t manta-deck port,, and she was, atter great slaughter, boarded and taken possession of, and sonic prisoners re ..ceivesci from her before we disengaged the Sit ipt. Shortly after a Ship of War was seen closing fast under press . of sail, which proved to be the Triumph, which im mediately gave us the most etfeetual assi,tante that the anxious and feeling mind of such an Officer as Sfr . Thomas Hardy, suggest. At half past : one the Shannon joiad, received prisoners from, and took La Thetis in tow. She is wholly distnasted, dreadfully shattered, and had her COrornander (Pin ;sun, Capt. de,Vaisse.au) and 135 men killed, 10 wounded, amongst whom are all her Officers'excepi three., rAmethyst has lost 'l9 killed and 51 wound ed, atnong.tbe former is l i ieut. B. Kindail, .a most .promising young.. Officer of. the Royal Marines, who suffered greatly ;. and that invaluable Officer, Lieutenant S. J. Payne, danerously wounded; the mizen,mast shot. away., and the ship much damaged and leaky. No ..language can. convey an adequate idea of the cool and determined bravery shown by every officer and man of this Ship.-; and their truly noble behaviour hag laid ,me under the greatest obli gation. The assistance I received from my gallant friend the First Lieutenanr, Mr:Goddard Blenner basset, an' officer of :great merit and ability; is be yond all en,comiurd. Lieutenants Hill. and Crouch, and Mr. Fair the Master, (wilose admirable exer tions, particularly at the close of the action, When the enemy was on fire, the boarder's employed, •and The Snip had suddenly made two . feet water, 'sur- Mounted all difficulties) are happily preserved to add lustre to his. Majesty's service. In justice to Mon sieur Dede,•the surviving Commander of •La Thetis., I must observe, he acted With singular firmness; and 'was the only.Frenchmanon the quarter-declC.When •we boarded 4ter,,, I have the honour to be, &c: . (Signed), • MICHAEL SEYMOUR. .Admiral Lord Gambier, I N. B. Dimensions of • Id' Thetis—Length, 160 feet; bfeadth, 41 feet, 6 inches; 28 eighteen pounders (Cwetity-tour pounds English) -on the main deck ; 12 thirty-six-pounders (forty-two pounds English) on' the quarter-deck ; 4 eight-pounders on theTorecastle. -One thousand barrels of Flour on board, beside known stores. Inclosed is a return of killed and wounded. . A - LIST of Seamen' and Marines killed and wounded oil board his Majesty's Ship Amethyst, Nov. so, - 1808. - SEAMEN. Killed—Peter Mills, Captain Of the Forecastle ; John Sea held, Quarter-Master ; Michael Bryan, Quarter G•ur.,-ier; Robert Scoat, Able Seaman; lames Elliott, ditto ; Colin Taylor, ditto. Matthew Jorden, ditto ; Cnarles Gordon, Ordinary Seaman ; Thomas ;Patterson, ditto ; Thomas .sinith, Landman.. • Mortally Wounded—Mr. Richard Gibbings, Master's Mate. Dangerously Wounded--Roticrt Leverick, Quarter-:‘-larer Ezekiel . Pilkingtop, Quarter-Mater's Mate ; Andrew M 4 l-lenry, • Quarter Gunner; john Purchase, Sailinaker ; John Parrott, Aide Seaman ; Martin Couch, ditto ; Alexander Davidson, Ordinary Seaman ; Mag. Slater ' dit to; 'Richard' Cliapple, ditto ; John Pearse, ditto ; John Foley, Boy of ; the 3d Class. Severely Wounded—Mr. -L. Miles,- Midshipman; john Sparrow, Quarter-Master ; lames t ampbell, Quarter. Gunner • jos ' Manfree, Ordinary Seaman ; Charles Slu t t, • ditto ; folio Cheyne, ditto ; • Jonn Forsyth, 'Landman ; • John Dove, ditto.; Christ. Landerbaugh, ditto ; Peter M'Cas.ell, ditto. • • Slightly , Wounded—Mr. Leonard TaylOr,. Boatswain ; Mr. Gilson, Captain's Clerk; Wrn. Dobson, Quarter-.lVlw . :ter lames Wade, - Camino/ the After Guard ; Mtn White, Carpenter's Crew ; John Exact., Able Seaman ; Andreny Johan, ditto ; James Gould, ditto ; Annis n.dic, dicta; Wm. Bruce, ditto; WM. Andersen, ditto •'V liter John .; Ordinary • Sean - rain ; Michael Coley, Landman ; Peter • Murray, ditto ; Keyce Motel, ditto; Michael M‘Do naugli,' Supernumerary_: Boy. • ; MAkINES. Killed—Mr. Bernard Kinciall, Second Lieutenant ; John Mail, Corporal Georg; • 4ittlejoho, kic-hard Ward, N. shua 'Clayton; Robert Payne, Win. Townson, Jacob liar. risen, Richard Darling, Privates. . • Dangerously Wounded.—Mr Sainuel John Payne, First Lieu tenant ; James Gairrett Kelkn, ' Iktac ikihn Wells, Richard Prynce, Privates. Slightly Wounded—Samuel Packwood, Serjeant ; William }ever, William 'Crook, William Hall, jitnesHarrison, Jahn Whatley, Privates. MICHAEL St:YMOUR. Copy pf a Letter from Admiral Montagu, Commander in Chief of His Majesty's Snips- ~nd Vessels at Portsmouth, Pole,- dated the 16th instant. SIR, I-have the pleasure to transmit herewith, for the information of the Lords Commissioners of tho